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Arnold Tukker, TNO, Netherlands


Arnold Tukker holds a PhD in philosophy of science from Tilburg University, the Netherlands. He joined TNO in 1990, and has worked with TNO's strategic innovation think tank, TNO Strategy, Policy, and Technology (STB). Over time, his focus has shifted from waste management, environmental impact assessment, life cycle assessment, material flow analysis, and risk assessment to interactive policy making, sustainable system innovation, and transition management.

Currently, Arnold Tukker is project manager for the Sustainable Consumption Research Exchange (SCORE!) and technology manager and the leader of the market team "European and International Affairs" within TNO Built Environment and Geosciences, Business Unit Innovation and Environment, Delft, the Netherlands. He manages a research program on transitions and system innovations, which during the 2006 scientific assessment exercise was evaluated as one of TNO's top ranking programs. Since 1 April 2010 Arnold further has a 20% assignment as professor of Sustainable Innovation at the Industrial Ecology Program / Department of Product Design at the NTNU, Trondheim, Norway. In his 18-year career, he has played a leading role in the acquisition of more than 15 Million Euro in research grants, including major EU funded programs.

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